[bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort

  • From: Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:03:13 -0500

Look at a store that majors in selling digital cameras.

At 08:18 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
Hello,

You can get 1 gig cards, but what I have not been able to find are 2 gb
cards.
Want to get them at a store not the net.

Otto

-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of albert griffith
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:09 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort

My experience has been that Best Buy's prices are high and they don't stock
more than 512 megs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:00 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort


: They certainly do, but their prices are high! : : At 09:18 AM 6/23/2005, you wrote: : >I was at Best Buy Yesterday and they had plenty of flash memory : >for the BP. : > : >Gary : > : > : >----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Sharon McBride" <sharon.mcbride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : >Cc: "'G Kapperman'" <gkapperman@xxxxxxx> : >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:35 PM : >Subject: [bookport] Compact Flash and BookPort : > : > : >Hello, : > : >First I may need to eat a bit of crow about the CF Cards. When I : >went to : >Best Buy, Circuit City etc...and asked for CF Type I cards, they : >all said : >they didn't carry them. I think, in fact, they don't carry CF : >Type II : >cards...at least from what I am reading on the BookPort List. : >They are : >saying that it is the Type II that is becoming harder to find. I : >am not : >convinced either way yet and just need to bite the bullet and buy : >a "regular : >CF card" and see if it works. Still, when spending the money...I : >want the : >package to say TYPE I. So much for getting technical support from : >teenagers! : > : >Next, I have happened upon a link that you may be quite familiar : >with: : >www.aph.org/tech/bct.htm Rather than using the podcasting : >software, I just : >opened the podcast I was interested in. It began playing in : >Windows Media : >Player and I used a save as command from the file menu to save : >the file to : >my computer. As these are not zipped files, the download on BP : >files took : >about 2 minutes each (using broadband). : > : >These are in MP3 files and there are some excellent instructions : >regarding : >the BookPort and other topical issues. These are PodCasts and : >there is a : >way with free and/or cheap software to have the computer capture : >the podcast : >and send them to the BookPort. Podcasting seems to be the new : >wave of : >interest and while I am interested (in terms of the instructional : >value), I : >don't have the time until September to really learn as much as I : >would like. : > : >To my dismay, the BP list was very chatty while I was away for a : >few days : >but there was some valuable info buried in all the discussions of : >"out of : >stock" comments (such as an extensive 20+ messages about CF : >cards). : > : >Next, the attachment is an instructional manual/beginning : >curriculum guide : >from SET-BC specific to the BookPort. It does not cover all of : >the advanced : >features but is nicely done with JAWS instructions for the : >software. The : >JAWS instructions have both desktop and laptop instructions. : >They used : >screen capture images for the transfer software lessons which : >adds to the : >usability for the sighted TVI's. It was a download thus, this is : >NOT a : >copyright violation. : > : >As a final an unrelated comment--laptops have been getting larger : >lately as : >sighted folks seem to want the wide screen for DVDs. Best Buy : >had an ad in : >Sunday's paper for an HP with Windows Media Edition for $1100. : >The striking : >thing about the laptop was that it not only had a keyboard with : >regular : >sized keys, it had a num pad. The keys for the six pack were : >there but they : >were above numpad. Interesting way to have the functionality of : >the desktop : >keystrokes and the portability of the laptop. : > : >I called FS and they confirmed that they support XP media edition : >as that : >media edition is XP Pro with some extra bells and whistles for : >folks who : >want to record live TV using their computer etc...I don't care at : >all about : >the TV functions but I am interested in the keyboard extension. : > : >Sharon : : Sandy Licht : Phone: 409-898-8218 : Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A : 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They : are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. : 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in earnest, : you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the : LORD... : : :

Sandy Licht
Phone: 409-898-8218
Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in earnest,
you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the LORD...



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